Waubonsee Community College

Wildlife research and management in the national parks, R. Gerald Wright

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index

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Wildlife research and management in the national parks

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R. Gerald Wright

Should the wolf be reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park? Should hunting of "overabundant" deer and elk be permitted in some parks? How should grizzly bears be managed in frequently visited areas? Are mountain goats to be eliminated from Olympic National Park? R. Gerald Wright probes these and other issues of public interest in this exploration of the unique role national parks have played in the protection, study, and management of animal life. Controversy has often surrounded wildlife management, primarily when societal attitudes toward specific animals do not mesh with Park Service practices. Those practices are influenced by the public as well as by the evolution of a program of scientific study in the national parks. As park environments are increasingly threatened by growing numbers of visitors, outside land-use changes, and pollution, it is more important than ever that scientific knowledge, administrative willingness, and public support combine to help create the policies necessary for appropriate management and protection of park resources. Wright traces the history of wildlife management in the U.S. national parks, bringing together a diversity of literature and previously unpublished information that will be of concern to wildlife and land-management specialists, conservationists, and all those interested in our national parks

The early years of the National Park Service -- Science program administration in the succeeding decades -- The evolution of resource-management policies -- Animal control in the national parks -- The management of ungulate species -- The management of alien animals -- Bear management -- Wolf reintroduction -- Human interactions with wildlife in national parks -- The national preserve land-management classification -- Scientific research in the national parks : concluding thoughts